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Meaning of Dilettante | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

dɪlɪˈtænti

Definitions

An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
derogatory, sometimes

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العربية هاوي

Беларуская дылета́нт

Български любителски

Bosanski diletant дилетант

Català aficionat

Čeština diletant diletantka ochotník příštipkář

Deutsch Amateur Amateurin Dilettant Dilettantin dilettantisch Laie Laiin Nichtfachmann Stümper Stümperin

Ελληνικά ερασιτέχνης

Esperanto amatoro diletanto

Español diletante dilettante

Suomi diletantti harrastelija harrastelijamainen

Français dilettante dilettante dilettantesque

हिन्दी शौक़ीन

Hrvatski diletant дилетант

Magyar amatőr műkedvelő

Italiano dilettante dilettante dilettante

ქართული დილეტანტი დილეტანტური

Kurdî amator amator

Македонски дилетант дилетантка

Nederlands amateur dilettantisch liefhebber

Polski amator amatorka amatorski dyletant dyletantka

Português diletante

Română amator diletant

Русский дилетант дилетантка дилетантский лапоть лох любитель любительница любительский непрофессионал непрофессиона́льный профа́н чайник

Српски diletant дилетант

Svenska amatör amatörmässig klåpare

Українська дилетант дилетантка

Examples

“A comment like "The author is a self-important dilettante." is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag."”

““Call me Zack Ransom.” “And I'm Gilbert Manhandle, literary dilettante with a gambling addiction.” “Nobody's going to remember that. You can be Zandy Billups.” “Fine. But I'm still a gambling addict.””

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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Meaning of Dilettante | Babel Free

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